[RESOLVED] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING

BlindfoldsAside

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help keep getitng this error when i try to run the page:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING on line 25

<html> 
<head> <title>Confirmation Page</title> </head> 
<body>	
<h2>Is This What You Selected?</h2> 
<table>    

<?php
    $myFile = 'purchases.dat';
    $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("Can't open file\n");
    $total=0; 
    if (!($lines = file('products.txt'))) 
	 {echo 'ERROR: Unable to open file! </body></html>'; exit;} 
    // assumes POST as method - see note below
    foreach ($_POST as $varname => $varvalue) {
        foreach($lines as $theline) {
list($code, $type, $description, $price, $image) = split('\|', $theline);    

         if ($code==$varname) {	
//print out the line to browser
	echo " <tr> 
             <td><img src='$image' width='30' height='30'></td> 
   	        <td> $description </td> <td> £$price  </td> 
		   </tr>";
		$total=$total+$price;
 		//create an entry for append-write to file
          [B] $content = $cust_num ."|". $code "\n";[/B]
           if (!(fwrite($fh , $content)))
              { echo "Cannot write to ($myFile)\n</p>";  exit; }
	    }	
	}  }	    // ending the ‘foreach’ loops
	echo "  <tr>    <td> </td> 
              <td align='right'> Total:  </td>
   		   <td> £$total  </td> 		</tr>";
?>  

</table>
</body> 
</html>

Thanks in advance for any help.

djjjozsi

you missed one . in that line to link those variables.

<html>
<head> <title>Confirmation Page</title> </head>
<body>
<h2>Is This What You Selected?</h2>
<table>    

<?php
	$myFile = 'purchases.dat';
	$fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("Can't open file\n");
	$total=0;
	if (!($lines = file('products.txt')))
	{echo 'ERROR: Unable to open file! </body></html>'; exit;}
	// assumes POST as method - see note below
	foreach ($_POST as $varname => $varvalue) {
		foreach($lines as $theline) {
			list($code, $type, $description, $price, $image) = split('\|', $theline);
			if ($code==$varname) {
				//print out the line to browser
				echo " <tr>
				             <td><img src='$image' width='30' height='30'></td>
				   	        <td> $description </td> <td> £$price  </td>
						   </tr>";
				$total=$total+$price;
				//create an entry for append-write to file
				$content = $cust_num ."|". $code ."\n";
				if (!(fwrite($fh , $content)))
				{ echo "Cannot write to ($myFile)\n</p>";  exit; }
			}
		}  }	    // ending the ‘foreach’ loops
	echo "  <tr>    <td> </td> 
	          <td align='right'> Total:  </td>
			<td> £$total  </td> 		</tr>";
?>  

</table>
</body> 
</html>

BlindfoldsAside

Thanks that worked, but now I've got different a error coming up saying undefined variable: cust_no in line 25.

djjjozsi

$cust_num is a variable which has not set before.

lets add a value, or use that:

inside that foreach...

if(empty($cust_num))
$cust_num=0;

if that value comes from the form, you might wrote a wrong variable name.

warning is a good way to troubleshoot, but if its a live website, you shoud turn that off.

i f i'm the visitor, lets pring all the errors and warning, another case hide the error messages.
if($_SESSION["userid"]==1)
{
//error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_PARSE);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set("display_errors", 1);
}
else
{
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_PARSE);
ini_set("display_errors", 0);
}

BlindfoldsAside

Thanks for your help but I found the actual problem.
$cust_num is defined in the page before but it contained a syntax error (wrong type of commas used due to copy/pasting from a word document) and so wasn't properly defined. Will mark this as resovled,

djjjozsi

just keep in mind:

"the page before but it contained "

before a page means, if you did nor store that in session, that will be lost.

start a session: session_start(); // *1

add that value into session array...
$_SESSION["myvariable"]=$myvariable;

on another pages if you start the session *1,

you can use it: print $_SESSION["myvariable"];

BlindfoldsAside

Ok, will do, thanks for your help.

djjjozsi

your welcome.

BlindfoldsAside

Is there a specific way to mark the thread as resovled or just edit the title?

laserlight

BlindfoldsAside wrote:
Is there a specific way to mark the thread as resovled or just edit the title?

Use the thread tools. They can be found from a menu near the top of this thread.